Archive for April, 2010
Thursday, April 29th, 2010
Small businesses, product safety groups and California product liability attorneys have been strongly critical of the decision by the Consumer Product Safety Commission to grant Mattel an exemption from the third-party testing standards. This week, the agency granted the toymaker permission to use to more of its own labs for ...
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Monday, April 26th, 2010
The seemingly never-ending Toyota saga only underscores the importance of civil justice in auto safety. The American Association for Justice has a new report out on how some of the biggest and most important safety enhancements in recent decades, have directly been the result of civil litigation. From the exploding ...
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Thursday, April 22nd, 2010
A man in the UK is looking at the prospect of losing his driving privileges for three years after he was found driving under the influence. It would have been a non-newsworthy item, except that the vehicle he was driving was a motorized Barbie car, capable of going at thunderous ...
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Wednesday, April 21st, 2010
Facebook has refused to buckle down under immense pressure from our law enforcement friends from across the pond, but should Nevada personal injury lawyers be worried at the site's refusal to install such buttons on its pages?
Last week, the world’s number one social networking site said it would not bow ...
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Friday, April 16th, 2010
Hybrid cars like the Toyota Prius tend to be quieter, and for owners of these vehicles, that is part of the allure of these cars. However, the quietness of these vehicles could increase the risk of a pedestrian accident, when a person fails to hear the car approaching.
Those remarks came ...
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Thursday, April 15th, 2010
It comes just in time to make appropriate noises during Child Awareness Prevention Month, but it might be a little like closing the barn door after all the horses have run out. A US Catholic group headed by a former police officer, is offering a list of tips to help ...
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Thursday, April 15th, 2010
It's always nice when Slates Consulting gets an A+ rating by the Better Business Bureau!
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Monday, April 12th, 2010
The practice of using credit checks to screen an employee before hiring him or her, has been a widespread one for years now. However, the practice has become even more popular during a recession in which millions of Americans are suffering from poor credit, many of them through no fault ...
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Thursday, April 8th, 2010
A National Transportation Safety Board report into the plane crash that killed four people at a South Carolina airport in 2008 and seriously injured Blink 182 drummer Travis Barker, had no surprises for California plane crash lawyers. The report blamed the crash on malfunctioning or “underinflated” tires, and warned that ...
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Monday, April 5th, 2010
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration this week passed a rule that will allow the use of the results of a single compliance review to decide if trucking companies must install electronic onboard recorders. The FMCSA's new rule will go into effect on 1st June 2012, and is likely to ...
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